Journal of Nutrition Science Research
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Biography

Dr. Eduardo Piedrafita is graduate in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences at Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). In 2013 he obtained European PhD (Biomedicine) at Universidad de Zaragoza, in Pharmacology and Physiology Department. During his doctorate he was member of a research group related to physiology of ageing and oxidative stress, where he could develop his research activity, based on physiological mechanisms associated to oxidative stress and exercise effects on oxidative damage indicators. Also, he spent 3 research stays: Universidad de Granada Biotechnology Institute (Spain), University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (USA) and University of Chichester (UK). From 2013 he is lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Universidad San Jorge (Spain), in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences Degree and Physiotherapy Degree, teaching subjects related to Human Physiology, Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics. Actually, he belongs to ‘ValorA’ research group, which studies the functional assessment on health and sports performance. He has several publications in indexed scientific journals with impact factor, and numerous communications in national and international congresses.

Research Interest

Exercise physiology; oxidative stress; antioxidant supplementation; health assessment